Improvement in rufflers for sewing-machines



J. W. LYON.

Improvement in Rufflers for Sewing-Machines. No. 131,012, PatentedSep.3,1872.

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- JOSEPH w. LYON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN RUFFL ERQ FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,012, datedSeptember 3, 1872.

SPECIFICATION.

I, J OSEPH' W. LYON, of Chicago, in the county of (look and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful invention in Pleaters forSewing-Machines, of ,which the following is a specification:

The present invention relates to sewingmachine attachments intended formaking pleats; and consists in a combination of parts, hereinafter morefully described, and provided with means for readily adjusting thestroke of the blade of the presser-foot so that it may have a longer orshorter movement for taking more or less cloth into a pleat, asparticular work may require; and it may be considered an improvement onan attachment patented by me January 30, 1872. I

A represents a socket, constructed similarly to the one shown inthe'patent referred to. This socket supports a pressure-foot, G, and aframe P, and the frame supports guides R P R, which support and guide aslide, J. To the said slide is rigidly fastened a metal arm,

. e, supporting the pleating-blade E, so that when the slide is movedback and forth by means hereinafter described the blade will also bemoved and carry the cloth with it to form a pleat. The slide J iselongated at N so that a slot, K, may be made in itto receive aset-screw, L, Fig. 1, whose opposite end is shown at n, Fig. 3. Thisset-screw is clamped,

by means of the said part m, to the slotted part N K when the attachmentis in use, the end n projecting through the slot in the vertical part Mof the lever S, causing the latter,

when in motion, to move the slide J, and consequently-the blade. Thelever S is pivoted tothe frame P at m, and to give the blade E a lesslongitudinal movement than it will have by the present position ofset-screw L n the latter can be loosened and adjusted lower down in theslots of plate J and lever S.

Figure 1 is a perspective representation of the attachment, the blade Ebeing on the left instead of the right hand. This position is better inmany instances, as it saves folding a garment. Fig. 2 is an elevation ofthe slide removed from the other part; Fig. 3, a view of the inside ofthe lever attachment.

The loop (3 of. this lever is operated by the needle-bar I in the usualmanner.

JOSEPH w. LYON.

Witnesses G. L. OHAPIN, SEVA WARREN.

